Experience:

2006-2007:        Westpac Institutional Bank

                          - Associate Director - Asset Finance (Corp & Institutional Bank)

 

2002-2006:        ANZ Banking Group / Esanda Finance

                          - Head of Origination & Structuring (Esanda Finance)

                          - Senior Manager - Asset Finance (ANZ Institutional Bank)                                                              

1995-2002:        Capital Finance Australia Ltd (Part of HBOS Australia Ltd, incorporating                           Bank West)

             - Founding employee when Capital Finance first opened its doors in              January 1996.

             - Manager Asset Finance

             - Senior Credit Analyst

 

Qualifications and Associations:

1992 –   Bachelor of Economics, Latrobe University

 

2006 –   Graduate Certificate Enterprise Innovation – Swinburne University

 

2007 –   Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia (F Fin) – (Senior Associate since 1995). Peak Banking & Finance Association in Australasia.

 

Major Achievements:

· Developed a new operating lease capability for ANZ to offer to Caterpillar Dealers and their Customers that since inception in 2004 has resulted in over $200M in CAT equipment being financed and the capability being expanded in to Asia.

 

· Managed the Receivables Funding business of Esanda with Net Outstandings of $140M in receivables to major IT suppliers across Australia.

 

· Through supplier finance relationships with suppliers of IT, telecommunication, Fitness Equipment, CNC Machinery and Yellow Goods have provided finance to companies large and small including global players such as GE Commercial, Ford Motor Co, Pacifica Group and Oce to name a few.

 

· Was a member of the Senior Management Team responsible for the Commercial Asset Finance division of Esanda Finance for 3 years.

 

· Have extensive experience in the full range of Supplier Finance Solutions including:

° Principal and Agency Agreements;

° Co-Branded Arrangements;

° End customer Credit Enhancement Techniques

° Back to Back Hire and Rental Programs

° Receivables Funding (including securitization);

° Rental and Operating Lease Finance Programs; and

° Traditional Brokering and Finance Referral models.

                

Director’s Experience

 

Stephen Hewett

 

Finance Solutions for Equipment Suppliers and their Customers